U.S. Economy

The ruling class is claiming that free markets are nothing more than a "trickle-down" scheme. But a free market system really does serve society best.

The Keynesians running our economic life may be reassured that the Fed cannot fail in a technical sense, but the public should be appalled.

The New York Times claims that the "administrative state"—that is, governance by unelected bureaucrats—protects our country and enhances democracy.

Paul Krugman denies that the Fed artificially suppressed interest rates. As usual, Krugman neither understands interest rates nor the effects of inflationary policies.

The Keynesians running our economic life may be reassured that the Fed cannot fail in a technical sense, but the public should be appalled.

Congress enjoys exorbitant political privilege in the form of cheap deficit spending—but it may soon come to an end.

When conservatives applaud unlimited war spending, they not only harm our economy and body politic, but they give the Left a powerful talking point.

Real deflation—both monetary inflation and price inflation—is necessary, and that can only be accomplished if the Fed can resist the temptation to keep doing what it's been doing since 2008.

The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates and we know what follows, given there has been more than a decade of malinvestments building up: severe recession.

Inflation is raging and progressives want action. What kind of action? They want to return to the 1970s regime of price controls.